A book combining the talents of these two authors can’t be anything but a hell of a ride! ~ Leigh, Guilty Pleasures
Description:
Hell’s Kitchen
Theo and Sal Barbieri are brothers, tasked by their Mafioso father Roberto with a very clear purpose: kidnap Kaitlin McLaughlin. The beautiful daughter of Roberto’s Irish enemy. It’s high time Kaitlin was punished for her father’s sins—not to mention, her own.
And Operation: Kidnap Kaitlin is a roaring success… until it isn’t. When Kaitlin escapes into the busy streets of New York City, it’s a race against the clock to find her before Sal and Theo become the hunted.
Zeth Mayfair has traded his life as a hitman for a quieter existence, but it isn’t long before the past catches up with him in the form of Roberto Barbieri. Will he succumb to the lure of power that Roberto is offering? Or will he retaliate by killing every last Barbieri in New York to get them off his back?
Jason Ross is running. Woken in the night by a tip that the Gypsy Brothers are coming for him, he packs a bag and gets his girlfriend the hell out of dodge. Arriving in New York City in the midst of a heatwave is one thing, but being tailed by an entire drug cartel is another.
Worlds collide in Hell’s Kitchen as secrets come to light and sins are punished. Because we might be different in the light of day, but in the darkness, we’re all connected somehow.
Hell’s Kitchen is a serial comprising three volumes: Hell’s Kitchen, Tribeca and Bleecker Street. Volume One releases on March 3rd with a limited-time sale price of 99 cents.
If Callie Hart’s books are enthralling and Lili St. Germain’s are dark and savage, a book combining the talents of these two authors can’t be anything but a hell of a ride!
Getting a chance to revisit with some of my favorite characters was reason enough for me to pick this book up, and meshing together the stories of two different series was brilliantly done. It was so seamless that I could not tell where one author stopped and another began. I was excited to check in with Zeth and Sloane (Blood and Roses) to see how they’ve settled down, in addition to meeting up again with Jason and Juliette (Gypsy Brothers) as they continue their run from the cartels. I assumed that this book was going to be about just continuing these two stories in New York with the addition of a new crime family, but it was so much more than that. It was the start of a new series with strong women, dark men who blur the line between criminal and hero, and two new psychotic families to keep me entertained.
I wasn’t sure about Sal and Theo Barbieri in the beginning. These two brothers seemed too cocky, too bumbling and too brash for me to envision them as the heroes of a new series of books. But the more I read about them, the more I liked them. They were no nonsense despite being caught in ridiculous situations, and so exasperated by the women that they were saddled with that it was hard not to be amused.
And I truly liked the women in these stories! I’m giving Scarlet the benefit of the doubt now and look forward to seeing her not drunk and addicted to pills. Seeing the stuff that comes out of her mouth when she’s not all there makes me anxious to see how blunt she’ll be when she’s sober! And Gracie is a badass. Any woman that can literally take down a man like she manages to do with Theo is my kind of girl.
Callie Hart and Lili St. Germain once again prove that they are amazing writers. They create characters that are so real I feel as if I can reach out and touch them (and if they’re all like Zeth, I would certainly love to!!), and stories that keep you begging for more.
4.5 Stars
Thanks for the review Leigh
THANKS FOR THE REVIEW AND THE GIVEAWAY!